Hamilton Vs Jefferson

Author : John Ferling
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781608195428

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Jefferson and Hamilton by John Ferling Pdf

For readers of Ron Chernow's Alexander Hamilton, the spellbinding history of the epic rivalry that shaped our republic: Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and their competing visions for America. The decade of the 1790s has been called the “age of passion.” Fervor ran high as rival factions battled over the course of the new republic-each side convinced that the other's goals would betray the legacy of the Revolution so recently fought and so dearly won. All understood as well that what was at stake was not a moment's political advantage, but the future course of the American experiment in democracy. In this epochal debate, no two figures loomed larger than Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton. Both men were visionaries, but their visions of what the United States should be were diametrically opposed. Jefferson, a true revolutionary, believed passionately in individual liberty and a more egalitarian society, with a weak central government and greater powers for the states. Hamilton, a brilliant organizer and tactician, feared chaos and social disorder. He sought to build a powerful national government that could ensure the young nation's security and drive it toward economic greatness. Jefferson and Hamilton is the story of the fierce struggle-both public and, ultimately, bitterly personal-between these two titans. It ended only with the death of Hamilton in a pistol duel, felled by Aaron Burr, Jefferson's vice president. Their competing legacies, like the twin strands of DNA, continue to shape our country to this day. Their personalities, their passions, and their bold dreams for America leap from the page in this epic new work from one of our finest historians. From the award-winning author of Almost a Miracle and The Ascent of George Washington, this is the rare work of scholarship that offers us irresistible human drama even as it enriches our understanding of deep themes in our nation's history.

Author : Curtis Slepian
Publisher : Teacher Created Materials
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-01-13
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781425863647

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Hamilton vs. Jefferson by Curtis Slepian Pdf

In this nonfiction text, Hamilton Vs. Jefferson, readers will study the differences between two very important but distinct founding fathers: Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson. Through the use of dynamic primary sources like maps and letters, middle school students will be engaged as they read about history and build their literacy skills. Supporting current social studies standards, this full-color text includes intriguing images, interesting sidebars, a glossary, and other important text features to support learning and strengthen key comprehension skills. Challenging activities require students to use text evidence to connect back to what they've read.

Author : Roger G. Kennedy
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2000-09-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199923793

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Burr, Hamilton, and Jefferson by Roger G. Kennedy Pdf

This book restores Aaron Burr to his place as a central figure in the founding of the American Republic. Abolitionist, proto-feminist, friend to such Indian leaders as Joseph Brant, Burr was personally acquainted with a wider range of Americans, and of the American continent, than any other Founder except George Washington. He contested for power with Hamilton and then with Jefferson on a continental scale. The book does not sentimentalize any of its three protagonists, neither does it derogate their extraordinary qualities. They were all great men, all flawed, and all three failed to achieve their full aspirations. But their struggles make for an epic tale. Written from the perspective of a historian and administrator who, over nearly fifty years in public life, has served six presidents, this book penetrates into the personal qualities of its three central figures. In telling the tale of their shifting power relationships and their antipathies, it reassesses their policies and the consequences of their successes and failures. Fresh information about the careers of Hamilton and Burr is derived from newly-discovered sources, and a supporting cast of secondary figures emerges to give depth and irony to the principal narrative. This is a book for people who know how political life is lived, and who refuse to be confined within preconceptions and prejudices until they have weighed all the evidence, to reach their own conclusions both as to events and character. This is a controversial book, but not a confrontational one, for it is written with sympathy for men of high aspirations, who were disappointed in much, but who succeeded, in all three cases, to a degree not hitherto fully understood.

Author : Carson Holloway
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107109056

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Hamilton versus Jefferson in the Washington Administration by Carson Holloway Pdf

This book is an intensive study of the constitutional and political arguments between Hamilton and Jefferson in Washington's cabinet.

Author : James H. Read
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0813919126

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Power Versus Liberty by James H. Read Pdf

Does every increase in the power of government entail a loss of liberty for the people? James H. Read examines how four key Founders--James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, James Wilson, and Thomas Jefferson--wrestled with this question during the first two decades of the American Republic. Power versus Liberty reconstructs a four-way conversation--sometimes respectful, sometimes shrill--that touched on the most important issues facing the new nation: the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, federal authority versus states' rights, freedom of the press, the controversial Bank of the United States, the relation between nationalism and democracy, and the elusive meaning of "the consent of the governed." Each of the men whose thought Read considers differed on these key questions. Jefferson believed that every increase in the power of government came at the expense of liberty: energetic governments, he insisted, are always oppressive. Madison believed that this view was too simple, that liberty can be threatened either by too much or too little governmental power. Hamilton and Wilson likewise rejected the Jeffersonian view of power and liberty but disagreed with Madison and with each other. The question of how to reconcile energetic government with the liberty of citizens is as timely today as it was in the first decades of the Republic. It pervades our political discourse and colors our readings of events from the confrontation at Waco to the Oklahoma City bombing to Congressional debate over how to spend the government surplus. While the rhetoric of both major political parties seems to posit a direct relationship between the size of our government and the scope of our political freedoms, the debates of Madison, Hamilton, Wilson, and Jefferson confound such simple dichotomies. As Read concludes, the relation between power and liberty is inherently complex.

Author : Curtis Slepian
Publisher : Triangle Interactive, Inc.
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2022-01-21
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781684525751

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Hamilton vs. Jefferson by Curtis Slepian Pdf

In this nonfiction text, Hamilton Vs. Jefferson, readers will study the differences between two very important but distinct founding fathers: Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson. Through the use of dynamic primary sources like maps and letters, middle school students will be engaged as they read about history and build their literacy skills. Supporting current social studies standards, this full-color text includes intriguing images, interesting sidebars, a glossary, and other important text features to support learning and strengthen key comprehension skills. Challenging activities require students to use text evidence to connect back to what they've read.

Author : Thomas J. Dilorenzo
Publisher : Forum Books
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2009-12-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307382856

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Hamilton's Curse by Thomas J. Dilorenzo Pdf

Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton--two of the most influential Founding Fathers--were also fierce rivals with two opposing political philosophies and two radically different visions for America. While Jefferson is better remembered today, it is actually Hamilton’s political legacy that has triumphed--a legacy that has subverted the Constitution and transformed the federal government into the very leviathan state that our forefathers fought against in the American Revolution. How did we go from the Jeffersonian ideal of limited government to the bloated imperialist system of Hamilton’s design? Acclaimed economic historian, Thomas J. DiLorenzo reveals how Hamilton, first as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention and later as the nation’s first and most influential treasury secretary, masterfully promoted an agenda of nationalist glory and interventionist economics. These core beliefs did not die with Hamilton in his fatal duel with Aaron Burr, but were carried on through his political heirs. The Hamiltonian legacy wrested control into the hands of the federal government by inventing the myth of the Constitution’s “implied powers, transforming state governments from Jeffersonian bulwarks of liberty to beggars for federal crumbs. It also devised a national banking system that imposes boom-and-bust cycles on the American economy; saddled Americans with a massive national debt and oppressive taxation, and pushed economic policies that lined the pockets of the wealthy and created a government system built on graft, spoils, and patronage. By debunking the Hamiltonian myths, DiLorenzo exposes an uncomfortable truth: the American people are no longer the masters of their government but its servants. Only by restoring a system based on Jeffersonian ideals can Hamilton’s curse be lifted, at last.

Author : United States. Department of the Treasury,Alexander Hamilton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Manufactures
ISBN : UOM:39015019055758

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Alexander Hamilton's Famous Report on Manufactures by United States. Department of the Treasury,Alexander Hamilton Pdf

Author : Curtis Slepian
Publisher : Teacher Created Materials
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-11
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781087648385

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Hamilton vs. Jefferson: Read-along ebook by Curtis Slepian Pdf

In this nonfiction text, Hamilton Vs. Jefferson, readers will study the differences between two very important but distinct founding fathers: Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson. Through the use of dynamic primary sources like maps and letters, middle school students will be engaged as they read about history and build their literacy skills. Supporting current social studies standards, this full-color text includes intriguing images, interesting sidebars, a glossary, and other important text features to support learning and strengthen key comprehension skills. Challenging activities require students to use text evidence to connect back to what they've read.

Author : Noble E. Cunningham Jr
Publisher : Bedford
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2000-03-17
Category : History
ISBN : 0312085850

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Thomas Jefferson Versus Alexander Hamilton by Noble E. Cunningham Jr Pdf

This documentary study of Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton focuses on their differing views of society and government in the formative years of the new American nation. Interweaving more than 40 documents into 7 chronological chapters, the text follows the lives and careers of the two men from their youth, through the Revolutionary War, to the death of Hamilton in 1804. In each chapter, generous excerpts from their public papers and private letters reveal the two men’s often divergent views on government and the Constitution, economic and foreign policy, and the military, and illustrate the roles they played in the emergence of political parties. Reading Jefferson’s First Inaugural Address, the Report on Public Credit, the Kentucky Resolutions, and a host of other documents, students can explore first-hand the two men’s philosophies and the impact these had on the emerging nation.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Teacher Created Materials
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781425864644

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Hamilton vs. Jefferson 6-Pack by Anonim Pdf

In this nonfiction text, Hamilton Vs. Jefferson, readers will study the differences between two very important but distinct founding fathers: Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson. Through the use of dynamic primary sources like maps and letters, middle school students will be engaged as they read about history and build their literacy skills. Supporting current social studies standards, this full-color text includes intriguing images, interesting sidebars, a glossary, and other important text features to support learning and strengthen key comprehension skills. Challenging activities require students to use text evidence to connect back to what they've read.

Author : Charles A. Cerami
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2011-05-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781118130919

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Dinner at Mr. Jefferson's by Charles A. Cerami Pdf

The Constitution was two years old and the United States was in serious danger. Bitter political rivalry between former allies and two surging issues that inflamed the nation led to grim talk of breaking up the union. Then a single great evening achieved compromises that led to America's great expansion. This book celebrates Thomas Jefferson and his two guests, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison, and the meal that saved the republic. In Dinner at Mr. Jefferson's, you'll discover the little-known story behind this pivotal evening in American history, complete with wine lists, recipes, and more.

Author : Robert E. Wright
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2008-05-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780071543941

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One Nation Under Debt: Hamilton, Jefferson, and the History of What We Owe by Robert E. Wright Pdf

Like its current citizens, the United States was born in debt-a debt so deep that it threatened to destroy the young nation. Thomas Jefferson considered the national debt a monstrous fraud on posterity, while Alexander Hamilton believed debt would help America prosper. Both, as it turns out, were right. One Nation Under Debt explores the untold history of America's first national debt, which arose from the immense sums needed to conduct the American Revolution. Noted economic historian Robert Wright, Ph.D. tells in riveting narrative how a subjugated but enlightened people cast off a great tyrant-“but their liberty, won with promises as well as with the blood of patriots, came at a high price.” He brings to life the key events that shaped the U.S. financial system and explains how the actions of our forefathers laid the groundwork for the debt we still carry today. As an economically tenuous nation by Revolution's end, America's people struggled to get on their feet. Wright outlines how the formation of a new government originally reduced the nation's debt-but, as debt was critical to this government's survival, it resurfaced, to be beaten back once more. Wright then reveals how political leaders began accumulating massive new debts to ensure their popularity, setting the financial stage for decades to come. Wright traces critical evolutionary developments-from Alexander Hamilton's creation of the nation's first modern capital market, to the use of national bonds to further financial goals, to the drafting of state constitutions that created non-predatory governments. He shows how, by the end of Andrew Jackson's administration, America's financial system was contributing to national growth while at the same time new national and state debts were amassing, sealing the fate for future generations.

Author : Claude Gernade Bowers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1925
Category : Democracy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105001946891

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Jefferson and Hamilton by Claude Gernade Bowers Pdf

The history of the twelve years struggle between the conflicting ideals of Hamilton and Jefferson and the imprint they left on the character of the new nation.

Author : John Kenneth White,Matthew Robert Kerbel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Political culture
ISBN : 1138103055

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Party On! by John Kenneth White,Matthew Robert Kerbel Pdf

From the days of Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson, to the 2016 campaign featuring Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, America's political parties have faced challenges and reinvented themselves using old values to make themselves new again. The 2016 campaign brought an extraordinary new set of challenges which today's parties must overcome. History suggests they will prevail, but nothing is certain. What is clear is that the ability of the two major parties to adapt to new circumstances, positions, and technologies will determine our political future.